The Old Pictures of Miao and Dong

In China, most parts of Chinese history written down are about Han Chinese people, or about the relationship between Han Chinese and other minority groups. The pictures below were painted by some official in Qing dynasty(253 years ago), which were ever used to identify the various Miao groups, Dong Groups and other minority groups from Han Chinese, although almost all miority groups in Guizhou were basically called Miaos. This was one way for Qing government to control Minority groups at that time.